jeudi 16 février 2012

PhD studentship, the control of eye movements, in Giessen

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship to work with Alexander Schütz and Karl Gegenfurtner at Giessen University.

The position is for students interested in the control of eye movements and their relationship to visual perception. The successful applicant will be responsible for setting-up laboratory experiments, recruiting and testing participants, analyzing data, developing models and publication of results. Some of our relevant work is described in a recent review article published in the Journal of Vision (http://www.journalofvision.org/content/11/5/9)

The lab offers excellent facilities for studying visual perception and motor control in a stimulating, multi-national and multi-disciplinary research environment (http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/allpsych). The city of Giessen is a small university town, located in the center of Germany just 60 km north of Frankfurt.

Applications are invited from candidates with a higher degree (diploma or MS) in subjects related to aspects of neuroscience including psychology, computer science, biological sciences, and engineering. Applicants should have knowledge and skills in at least one of the following areas: computer programming; visual psychophysics; experimental psychology; eye tracking. Of course, applicants are expected to have a strong interest in human visual perception and eye movements.

The position is for two years initially and can start anytime between April and August 2012. Salary is according to German salary scale 65% TV-H 13 or equivalent. Full applications with the usual materials should be sent before March 15, 2012 via Email in PDF format to gegenfurtner [ à ] uni-giessen.de or alexander.schuetz [ à ] psychol.uni-giessen.de.

Do not hesitate to contact us for informal inquiries.

Alexander Schütz and Karl Gegenfurtner
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Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie
Justus-Liebig-Universität, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen
phone: +49 641 9926100
mailto:gegenfurtner [ à ] uni-giessen.de
fax: +49 641 9926119
http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl